Archive for August 28, 2011
NATO rebels’ war on dark-skinned people in Libya
(Reuters)
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
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Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
BBC losing its marbles?
“Regarded in the Arab world as a supporter of wider Arab interests”. (thanks Ben)
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
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Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
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Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
Arab libeals
An Arab liberal is a right-wing reactionary, but in disguise.
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
Al-Ba`th
Sami Al-Jundi’s Al-Ba`th is one of the best books of political belles lettres in the contemporary history of the Arabs.
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
Offending Al-Asad Family
A Syrian comrade, Dirar, sent me this (I cite with his permission): ”hi as’ad, i don’t know if you ever came across this before, but i searched for and found this poem written by my mom’s cousin in the early 80′s. my uncle, whose name was al…
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
`Abdus-Salam Jallud
I saw him on Aljazeera. I understood why he was for years the second-in-command in Libya. He is as crazy as his master.
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
Zionism verus Palestinian children
“This rarely seen footage seen by The Independent offers a glimpse into an Israeli interrogation, almost a rite of passage that hundreds of Palestinian children accused of throwing stones undergo every year.Israel has robustly defended its record, argu…
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
Unclassified Wikileaks
Abbas Al Lawati sent me this clarification regarding a post from yesterday: ”Just an update on the wikileaks issue. It turns out that there were about 133,800 leaks on Aug 26, most of which appear to be labelled as “unclassified” or “unclassified…
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
NATO is still revolting: this time in Afghanistan
“At least ten Afghan civilians were killed and 24 others were wounded in separate incidents in Afghanistan on Friday, local officials said.”
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
Ali Farzat
This is the cartoon that offended the armed goons of the lousy Syrian regime. (thanks Ahmad)
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
How many Cairo heroes?
Another hero of downing the Israeli occupation flag in Cairo? The competition rages.
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi Arabia and sectarian conflict
This sentence is hilarious, Vali: ”The Saudis are right to be worried about the outcome of sectarian fights in Lebanon and Bahrain”. You make it sound as if Saudi Arabia is an observer in both cases when the government is the chief sectaria…
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
Libya under NATO control
““Some compare post-Qaddafi Libya to post-Saddam Iraq,” wrote Bashir al-Bakr in the leftist Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar. “The Libyans, according to that view, will not be in charge of their own decisions. They will find themselves shackled by he…
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
Qatar and reforms
If the Emir of Qatar is so keen on political reforms in Syria, as he indicated after meeting with Iranian president, why does he not initiate political reforms in Qatar itself? It is a logical question.
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
Aljazeera on Syria
I hate Aljazeera’s coverage of Syria as much as I hate Syrian regime’s repression. The coverage is increasingly sectarian, unprofessional, inflammatory (in the Wahhabi sense of the word), unreliable, untruthful, wild, and extremely helpful to Syr…
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
Baghdad
“But the project was halted in April for reasons that are unclear, and a month later, as the Arab Spring rolled on, the Arab League meeting was postponed until next year. Now the workers — 27 Ukrainians (including a woman), 7 Bulgarians and 1 N…
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad
Now please: stand in line and let the looting begin
“U.N. Releases $1.5 Billion in Frozen Qaddafi Assets to Aid Rebuilding of Libya”
Posted on August 28, 2011 by As'ad